Q: what legal steps should I do before traveling? If there’s any to make it easier while coming back?
I am a daughter of an asylee status holder. My grandma had a heart attack and I need to travel asap with her to my home country. As she was coming here for a visit and can’t go back alone. She needs someone to help her. I have a refugee travel document and my home country passport. Do I need to send a letter to the USCIS explaining my emergency travel? I know it’s the decision of the officer during my return. I just want to do anything that could help me before traveling. Also to mention, all of my family is in the U.S and I’m 19 years old traveling alone with my grandma.
A: If you have the refugee travel document and passport from your home country, that is all you should need; however, traveling back to a country from which you are requesting asylum can be risky, because it raises questions about how much danger you are really in.
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